Jones v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.

BROWNING, PRESIDENT:

Kenneth Jones, an employee of Harry Hatfield and Company, a contracting company, engaged in the construction of a road over the lands of the Red *480Parrot Coal Company, hereinafter designated as defendant, was electrocuted when the boom of a crane around which he was working came into contact with an overhead, uninsulated, 2300 volt power line belonging to the Appalachian Electric Power Company, hereinafter called Power Company. His widow, Inize Jones, filed a claim against his employer, Harry Hatfield and Company, with the Workmen’s Compensation Fund and was awarded the…